Just last August at the Florida Authors and Publishers (FAPA) conference, I met Ashley Ellington Brown who told me about an exciting book she had in the works. Seven months later, voila--here it is!
I’m thrilled to introduce you to Ashley and her newly published book, A Beautiful Morning. Ashley lives in Florida with her husband…
Last Thursday night, I gave my Electronic Editing Tools Webinar given through the Association of Publishers for Special Sales.
You may have missed it Thursday, but that's ok, because there is a video recording available to watch at home.
Discover a variety of free or inexpensive electronic tools designed to root out typos, overused words and phrases, redundant sentence…
“Be the reason someone believes in the goodness of people,” writes self-help author Karen Salmansohn.
Isn’t that an inspiring and beautiful challenge? Lately, it feels like we are a cynical, hardened people. I want and need to believe in the goodness of people. Don't you?
In honor of Random Acts of Kindness Week, February 11th-17th, 2018, I'd…
This week’s newsletter is all about love and how that love manifests into stories told and memories made. In honor of the day, why don’t you tell us your love story?
You can interpret that any way you’d like. You can write about a spouse, a child, a parent, or a pet. You could write about…
I would like to congratulate newly-published Captain John B. Mitchell, Jr., US (Ret.) author of Seven Ships.
Seven Ships recounts Mitchell’s journey from the farm to the sea, from midshipman to captain, from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland to the decks of warships and aircraft carriers.
In the picture to the right, John proudly…
I have so enjoyed the first two sessions of Writing in the Galleries, a program at Orlando Museum of Art with my friend and mentor Lezlie Laws.
I've enjoyed them so much, in fact, that I'll be teaching my own series of four sessions in the fall called Art as a Pathway to Memory, tentatively scheduled for September…
Do you get excited when you hear that stirring Olympic theme song?
Do you get teary-eyed when you hear your national anthem being played as athletes stand proudly on the podium?
Do you watch every event, just a few of your favorite events, or none at all?
I would love to hear your thoughts about the Olympic…
Tomorrow is Groundhog Day, Candlemas, and the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. You can read more about Groundhog Day's origins here. Did you know that, originally, a hedgehog predicted the length of winter?
I think it's generally assumed that people hope the groundhog will fail to see its shadow and usher in an early…
January is National Soup Month. Did you know that? I didn’t, but it makes sense. Soup always makes you feel warm and cozy inside. I’m sure there have been many pots of soup boiling on stoves across the country as people try to stay warm during these recent extreme winter temperatures and storms.
This article details…
The year is still young, and I want you to take advantage of the opportunity to start a five-year journey with me and receive free flat-rate shipping through the end of the month, to boot.
A five-year journal is a tool you can use to record and easily compare five years of your life at a…